patraeus resigns days after his boss won re-election but president obama accepted it saying about patraeus and his wife, holly, i wish them the best that the difficult time. >> it's too soon to tell today but for lack of a better term, patraeus is a legend. >> patraeus had been scheduled to testify at house and senate hearings next week on the terrorist attack in september on the american embassy in benghazi, libya, that left four americans dead including ambassador chris stevens. >> this is really probably the most politically uncomfortable -- leaving aside the stuff with the affair -- just on the bennigansy question, the most politically uncomfortable moment he's had since he reached the national stage. >> the resignation of the highly deg decorated high commander caught even washington, d.c. off guard. >> the resignation of general patraeus comes on the heels of a news conference when president obama said he believes the majority of americans agree with his approach to averting the so-called fiscal cliff. the deadline for the deal to avert the doomsday scenario is january 1 when a combi